It's a week to the day that a man was shot by the police on the Portbury Hundred - and while the investigation is still under way - here's what we know so far.

The incident

On Wednesday, September 27 at around 10am, news broke of the A369 being closed at Portbury, close to the M5 west of Bristol.

The first information available was in the form of a tweet from the police and at 10.51am, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset, Sue Mountstevens, cancelled a Facebook Live event due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.

The road soon went into lockdown, but people in the area and caught up in the traffic soon took to social media and began speaking to the press.

Onlookers said two police cars pinned in a small red car before officers approached, backed off and then closed back in while two officers fired shots.

Forensic officers at the scene

Later that afternoon, the police released the following statement:

We can confirm a man died earlier this morning in an incident involving police firearms on The Portbury Hundred (A369) in Portishead.

We have referred the incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

This has been a fast moving incident and is now under investigation by the IPCC.

Man dead near Portishead after 'police firearms incident'

What do we know about the man who died?

On October 2, the IPCC confirmed the identify of the man who died in the incident and said he had died at the scene, of gunshot wounds.

He was 29-year-old Spencer Ashworth, whose last known address was in Portishead.

He is thought to have grown up in Romsey near Hampshire, and was the former director of a haulage firm, now based in Leeds.

Spencer Ashworth

Shortly after he was identified, national media published a photograph they say shows Mr Ashworth.

The photographs were captured on CCTV in 2016 when he is said to have walked into a locksmiths' shop and threatened a shopkeeper and demanded he "empty the till".

What are his friends saying?

Old school friends took to Facebook to express their shock, after he was formally identified.

The IPCC has said the man was "travelling on the M5 with a handgun and that he had threatened another motorist"

Luke Hutchinson wrote on public posts: "R.I.p Spencer ashworth in total shock he was a skateboarding king rest in peace brother. I can't believe it words can't describe."

"Thoughts go out to his family I always had a lot of time for him."

Another friend Carl Lucas added: "I couldn't believe it when I heard. I spent quite a bit of time skateboarding with him when we were younger. Never would have expected something like this. Shocking. Rip."

"He must have been in a bad place for something like this to happen."

What do we know about what happened that day?

It's claimed that Ashworth was travelling down the M5 motorway with a handgun and had threatened another motorist.

Officers gave chase and four of them fired shots into the Red Suzuki Swift car after it turned off at the A369 Portbury Hundred.

"We have made positive progress and are continuing to build a detailed picture of what happened.

"We have made contact with Mr Ashworth’s family to offer our condolences and explain our role and will ensure they, Avon and Somerset Police and the coroner are kept updated as the investigation continues. Our thoughts remain with all of those affected."

What happens next in the investigation?

IPCC investigators are checking for relevant CCTV and body worn video footage and officers from Avon and Somerset police are expected to provide their accounts in connection with the incident.

They will have to explain how many shots their fired and their firearms will be examined as part of the investigation.

IPCC Commissioner Cindy Butts has said: "The investigation is in its very early stages and we will be working hard to establish exactly what happened and would ask for patience while our investigation continues.